Work & commute · Milford

Work & commute in Milford, MI

Most working residents leave Milford for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Milford (9%), Detroit (5%) and Farmington Hills (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

188 of 2,915 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,727 Milford residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 1,887 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milford.

2,727live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

1,887work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milford goes to work

Milford1.4 mi away

9%258

Detroit29.1 mi away

5%143

Farmington Hills13.5 mi away

5%134

Novi9.6 mi away

5%133

Southfield19.1 mi away

4%129

Livonia17.6 mi away

4%122

Wixom5.8 mi away

4%103

Commerce5.5 mi away

3%100

Highland4.8 mi away

3%96

Troy23.2 mi away

3%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%1,607

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Milford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

29%

45%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milford is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.71 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Milford are

2,075 jobs are based in Milford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Milford

2,075 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Milford residents hold

2,915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Milford, 2011 → 2021: 1,853 → 2,075. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.